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Bibliographic information
| Title | Epitome of Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern History |
| Author | Carl Ploetz |
| Editor | William Hopkins Tillinghast |
| Translated by | William Hopkins Tillinghast |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1883 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 29 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 618 pages |
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